10 am to 5 pm
Each year the Education Department at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, works with schools and community organizations, to host an Ofrenda (altar) Exhibit, in celebration of Día de los Muertos. Your altar
Installation dates are October 12-14, 2016
The exhibit runs October 18-November 11, 2016
Please provide your own tables, boxes or structure for you Altar. We cannot accommodate all requests for tables, since they are also used for many other programs and rentals. Thank you!
Please use this link HERE to register, you will receive an email confirmation, notifying you of your acceptance.
For more information or questions please call or email Elena at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or 505-383-4734
Free community event
This and all other Dia de los Muertos events at the NHCC are generously sponsored by Holman’s USA.
6 pm
The NHCC’s new summer music and dance series in the Center’s enchanting Fountain Courtyard continues, presented in partnership with Melaza Music. Spend another Sunday evening with us enjoying live music, drinks, and the delicious Latin cuisine of Nob Hill’s Guava Tree Cafe. We have invited some of our musician friends, from the local community and outside, for lively summer get-togethers right next to the beautiful Rio Grande Bosque.
Boleros al Atardecer is an evening dedicated to romantic Latin music, from boleros (Latin ballads) to Peruvian Creole songs, cha cha cha, son, and bossa nova. A versatile ensemble of talented Albuquerque musicians, including Jackie Zamora, Janet Harman, Steve Figueroa, Víctor Rodríguez, Tony Quiñones, Jaime Martinez, and César Bauvallet, performs some of the most beautiful and nostalgic classics of Latin cultures.
$12; free for 12 years old and younger
7 pm
The NHCC’s new summer music and dance series in the Center’s enchanting Fountain Courtyard presents this season’s last concert, in partnership with Melaza Music. Spend a final evening with us enjoying live music, drinks, and the delicious Latin cuisine of Nob Hill’s Guava Tree Cafe. We have invited some of our musician friends, from the local community and outside, for lively summer get-togethers right next to the beautiful Rio Grande Bosque.
Cuban-born percussionist, arranger, vocalist, and educator Jesús Díaz, a resident of the Bay Area since 1980, is now one of the most in-demand performers and studio musicians worldwide. A key member of many of the region’s leading Latin ensembles, he has performed with artists including Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, and Celia Cruz. His 10-piece orchestra Jesús Díaz y Su QBA, founded in 1998, has a repertoire of original compositions based on traditional Afro-Cuban music with influences of funk and jazz—the new Cuban dance music known as timba.
Joining Díaz as a special guest will be Grammy award-winner and four-time Grammy nominee Raul Pineda, named one of the best and most innovative Latin drummers in the world today. His unique style of playing—a blend of Afro-Cuban and contemporary jazz influences applied to the modern drum set—has made him one of Cuba’s most influential drummers in his generation.
$17; free for 12 and younger
6 pm
The NHCC’s new summer music and dance series in the Center’s enchanting Fountain Courtyard continues, presented in partnership with Melaza Music. Spend another Sunday evening with us enjoying live music, drinks, and the delicious Latin cuisine of Nob Hill’s Guava Tree Cafe. We have invited some of our musician friends, from the local community and outside, for lively summer get-togethers right next to the beautiful Rio Grande Bosque.
Los Angeles trio Viento Callejero represents the newest incarnation of the Latin indie and fusion movement, breaking down the rhythmic and melodic pulse of cumbia colombiana, Cuban son montuno, merengue, reggae, dance hall, funk, and rock to create a fresh sound with a new, infectious twist. The group has taken a unique approach to its art by featuring a different guest vocalist for every performance, thus creating a one-of-a-kind musical experience every time.
$15; free for 12 and younger
6 pm — 10 pm
Announcing the launch of a new summer music and dance series in the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s enchanting Fountain Courtyard, presented in partnership with Melaza Music. Spend four Sunday evenings with us enjoying live music, drinks, and the delicious Latin cuisine of Nob Hill’s Guava Tree Cafe. We have invited some of our musician friends, from the local community and outside, for lively summer get-togethers right next to the beautiful Rio Grande Bosque.
Award-winning ensemble Nosotros began as a guitar trio in Las Cruces in 1994. Now an eight-member band, they relocated to the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area in 2001 and have established themselves as one of the most popular bands in New Mexico. Combining Latin rhythms with elements of rock, salsa, jazz, and cumbia to create their original sound, they have released seven albums, including the anthology CD titled XX to celebrate their 20 years together as a band in 2014. They have received numerous New Mexico Music (“MIC”) Awards, including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year for their third, self-titled album, Nosotros, and have appeared with artists including Ozomatli, Los Lobos, Etta James, The Wailers, and the Gipsy Kings. M.E. Schenck, in Hyperactive Music Magazine, said, “Nosotros’ music is not to be explained, it is to be felt in the pit of our souls.”
$12; free for 12 years old and younger